Journal article
Measurement of the charge ratio of atmospheric muons with the CMS detect
Physics letters. B, Vol.692(2), pp.83-104
2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2010.07.033
Abstract
We present a measurement of the ratio of positive to negative muon fluxes from cosmic ray interactions in the atmosphere, using data collected by the CMS detector both at ground level and in the underground experimental cavern at the CERN LHC. Muons were detected in the momentum range from 5 GeV/. c to 1 TeV/. c. The surface flux ratio is measured to be 1.2766±0.0032(stat.)±0.0032(syst.), independent of the muon momentum, below 100 GeV/. c. This is the most precise measurement to date. At higher momenta the data are consistent with an increase of the charge ratio, in agreement with cosmic ray shower models and compatible with previous measurements by deep-underground experiments. © 2010.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Measurement of the charge ratio of atmospheric muons with the CMS detect
- Creators
- CMS Collaboration
- Contributors
- Y Onel (Contributor) - University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Physics letters. B, Vol.692(2), pp.83-104
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physletb.2010.07.033
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- eISSN
- 1873-2445
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V
- Grant note
- name: Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research; name: Belgium Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique; DOI: 10.13039/501100003130, name: Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek; DOI: 10.13039/501100003593, name: CNPq; DOI: 10.13039/501100002322, name: CAPES; DOI: 10.13039/501100004586, name: FAPERJ; DOI: 10.13039/501100001807, name: FAPESP; name: Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science; DOI: 10.13039/100012470, name: CERN; DOI: 10.13039/501100002367, name: Chinese Academy of Sciences; name: Ministry of Science and Technology, and National Natural Science Foundation; name: Colombian Funding Agency (COLCIENCIAS); name: Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sport; DOI: 10.13039/501100001810, name: Research Promotion Foundation; DOI: 10.13039/100008610, name: Estonian Academy of Sciences; name: NICPB; name: Academy of Finland, Finnish Ministry of Education; name: Helsinki Institute of Physics; name: Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules/CNRS; DOI: 10.13039/501100006489, name: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique; DOI: 10.13039/501100002347, name: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung; DOI: 10.13039/501100001659, name: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; name: Helmholtz–Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren; DOI: 10.13039/501100003448, name: General Secretariat for Research and Technology; name: National Scientific Research Foundation; DOI: 10.13039/501100003827, name: National Office for Research and Technology; name: Department of Atomic Energy; DOI: 10.13039/501100010892, name: Department of Science and Technology; name: Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics; name: Science Foundation; DOI: 10.13039/501100013168, name: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare; name: Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology; name: World Class University program of NRF; DOI: 10.13039/501100008523, name: Lithuanian Academy of Sciences; DOI: 10.13039/501100008688, name: CINVESTAV; name: CONACYT; name: SEP; name: UASLP-FAI; DOI: 10.13039/501100008689, name: Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission; name: State Commission for Scientific Research; name: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia; DOI: 10.13039/501100003822, name: JINR; name: Ministry of Science and Technologies of the Russian Federation; name: Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy; name: Ministry of Science and Technological Development of Serbia; DOI: 10.13039/501100004837, name: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación; name: ETH Board; DOI: 10.13039/501100003006, name: ETH Zurich; name: PSI; name: SNF; name: UniZH; name: Canton Zurich; name: SER; DOI: 10.13039/501100001868, name: National Science Council; name: Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey; DOI: 10.13039/100010440, name: Turkish Atomic Energy Authority; DOI: 10.13039/501100000271, name: Science and Technology Facilities Council; name: US Department of Energy; name: US National Science Foundation; name: Marie-Curie IEF; DOI: 10.13039/501100004117, name: Leventis Foundation; DOI: 10.13039/100000879, name: A.P. Sloan Foundation; DOI: 10.13039/100005156, name: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; name: Associazione per lo Sviluppo Scientifico e Tecnologico del Piemonte
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2010
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984428818102771
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